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Worksheets6th Grade Social Studies Pre-Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
What was the Egyptian writing system?
Cursive
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Linear B
The capital of the Kushite Kingdom was
Babylon
Jerusalem
Thebes
Meroe
Written records first appear during which dynasty?
Shang
Zhou
Han
Xia
China grew to its greatest size during which dynasty?
Han
Tang
Yuan
Qing
The silk road was started during which dynasty?
Han
Song
Yuan
Liang
Which Greek philosopher founded the Academy?
Socrates
Aristotle
Homer
Plato
Which philosopher was the first to propose the theory that all matter is made up of atoms?
Thales
Parmenides
Democritus
Anaximander
Mayan cities were the center for what?
Recreation
Living
Rituals and Religion
Shopping
Tenochtitlan lies beneath which modern day city?
San Antonio
Mexico City
Cancun
Las Vegas
Taught that the essence of the universe could be found in music and numbers.
Xenophanes
Pythagoras
Heraclitus
Plato
Athens is located in which region>
Attica
Epirus
Thessaly
Peloponnesus
The Code of Hammurabi treated all citizens the same
True
False
Around 2340 B.C., ________ created the world's first empire.
Hammurabi
Nabopolassar
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Shihuangdi, the founder of the _______ dynasty, was the first emperor of China.
Xia
Han
Qin
Song
Which famous Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Anaximander
Which philosopher taught that the way to get the truth is through a series of questions?
Heraclitus
Socrates
Plato
Thales
In Rome, a persons ________ duties included voting, paying taxes, and serving on juries
Constitutional
Civic
Catholic
Religion
The ancient Mayans lived in what modern day part of the world?
Central America and Mexico
Southwest United States
South America
Caribbean
What are four great inventions from Ancient China?
compass, kite, silk, fireworks
canals, irrigation, kites, silk
wheel, plow, gun powder, shaduf
gun powder, compass, silk, shauf
Who was the first Emperor to become Christian?
Constantine
Julius Caeser
Augustus
Justinian
This man was a leader in South Africa in the fight against apartheid:
Nelson Mandala
Huey Newton
Mahatma Gandhi
Nkawme Nkrumah
What was a political institution in South Africa that existed until 1994?
The Civil Rights Movement
The United Nations
Apartheid
Which religion call Israel the " Holy Land"?
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
All of the Above
As a result of the Holocaust, the United Nations created _________, a Jewish nation in 1948.
Russia
Israel
Germany
Poland
The sporting and social center of Constantinople was called the
Acropolis
Forum
Circus Maximus
Hippodrome
What three empires in western Africa flourished because of the Trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt?
Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana
Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali
The builders of ________ built huge stone walls around their city which name literally means "great stone houses".
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Africa
Sudan
Nigeria's government is a ___________ democracy.
autocratic
authoritarian
representative
liberal
Syria's government is?
Jewish
Communist
Democratic
Socialist
This was another name for the Agricultural Revolution, the age of the beginnings of farming?
Industrial Revolution
New Stone Age
Neolithic Revolution
Paleolithic Revolution
Which of the following developed after the Paleolithic Age?
Language
Tools
Art
Farming
People who move from place to place and have no permanent home are called
Artisans
Nomads
Yurts
Laded
The "Paleolithic Era" is also known as the
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Dark Age
Light Age
On which continent have the oldest hominid remains been found?
Asia
Africa
Antartica
Australia
Which continents produced the first civilizations, first towns and first new ideas?
Europe and Antartica
Africa and Asia
Europe and Asia
South America and North America
What person studies material remains, or artifacts, of past civilizations?
Nomads
Archeologist
Paleontologist
Geographer
Which of the following was a major climatic event of the Stone Age?
Global Warning
Neolithic Revolution
Ice Ages
Paleolithic Ages
To learn about life in prehistoric times, scientists
Objects such as bones and tools
Oral traditions of ancient civilizations
Early writings found on clothing and tools
Powerful computers to translate ancient writings
People of the Old Stone Age survived by training dogs to help them hunt
Training cats
Gathering seeds to plant crops
Hunting animals and gathering wild plant
Building stone houses
Syria population is about 90%
Arab
Italian
American
Chamorro
